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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Monday, September Page Sixteen 30, 1585 EDITORIAL Welcome back . It's that time of the year again it's of . . I SMHATP0tfU THINK ABOUT A COUNTRY WHERE 7H5AIAJ0RIW 15 that time the year again. Time to hit the books. Time to stay up late but not for pleasurable purposes. Time to wake up extra early and hunt for a parking space on campus. Time to fork over what seems like d cash for tuition and text too much Well, TktATcPAS 7 13 LA 3. PLEASE, NO MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT 2t!2 OASS CITIZENS APARTW. A MINORTV?. hard-earne- books. Yes, as you all too well know, classes have started yet once again. The feelings are all familiar, as we have been going through much of the same panic and nervousness, and had the same questions about how the year will go since we started kindergarten that long time ago. Everything always seems to work out, but that doesn't alleviate the tension of starting another academic season. No matter how secure one feels, a veritable plethora of questions remain unanswered as things start cranking into gear. Will I finally get into thai class this quarter? Will my professors treat me like the fine human being that I am instead of my social security number? Will I get good enough grades to please both myself and my parents? Will I still have a social life? . After a few weeks into the quarter, however, the points become moot, as we all turn into "students" once more. We end up studying and socializing (and seem to do reasonably well at each) and forget all the problems we thought we would encounter. For some, the start of fall quarter comes as somewhat of a relief for now there is finally something to do again. For some the summer months seem void of the intellectual stimulation that university life brings. Doubtless, though, most of us can use a little time doing other things than studying. The start of a school year brings more than academics. Coming back to campus, we meet new friends and get back together with old aquaintances who we have lost touch with over the summer months. Many look forward to rejoining the campus groups and organizations they contributed to in the past. Whether it be ASUU, the Chronicle or the Campus Crusade for Christ that you're interested in, we're all still here and waiting to hear from you. Another big part of campus life is athletics. Our Utes should have another banner year in The football squad is already 0 (oui best start in more than 20 years) and is ready to trample the Wyoming Cowboys for their fifth consecutive win of the season this Friday night at Rice Stadium. And last, but certainly not least, the fall quarter brings the Chronicle back into daily publication. We'll do our best to keep you informed and entertained. 85-'8- 4-- 6. The Chronicle staff wishes the entire university community good luck in the upcoming quarter and academic year. Chronicle The Daily Utah Chronicle is an independent student newspaper published during fall, winter and spring quarters, excluding test weeks and quarter breaks, by the University Publications Council. Editorials reflect the opinion of the editorial board, and not necessarily the opinions of the student body or the administration. Subscriptions are $25 a year, $10 an academic quarter. All subscriptions must be prepaid. Forward all subscription correspondence, including change of address, to the Business Manager, Daily Utah Chronicle, 240 Union, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112. I N0...IM. COMPARABLE WORTH. ef Q U Worth needs answers Comparable market and this United hurting the States vs. Utopia. Some say country is a Utopia. They are satisfied with the way it's being run. Others hope to achieve that "perfect society" and want to do so through "comparable worth." ' Unfortunately, there are too many skeptics in this country the Chronicle included. The skeptics want some answers. A federal judge earlier this month overturned a ruling that ordered the state of Washington to pay its civil servants on the basis of comparable worth equal pay for dissimilar jobs. The latest motion is by no means the end of the battle over the complex issue. Proponents of the measure, mainly women's groups, are asking only that they be paid equally for jobs that are different but require equivalent skills and mental demand. As the law stands now a secretary should be guaranteed equal pay equal to other secretaries' salaries, whether male or female. Traditionally, if a secretary feels she wants a higher salary than and reward raises can give typical her, she must change professions. For example, if the secretary went to school and became a certified electrician, she would receive a tremendous pay boost. If "comparable worth" were in effect she wouldn't have to switch jobs because the two jobs have been judged to take the same amount of intelligence andor effort. Thus, since her job is considered comparable to an electrician's, she would already be making as much as an electrician. Comparable worth was designed in hopes of ending the discrepancy between the value of a person's job and what he or she is paid to perform it. While this is indeed a laudable goal, the comparable worth proposal is too open to the same types of discrimination it is trying to end. There seems no way to determine which jobs can indeed compare. Opponents to comparable worth stress that such a law would threaten the traditional free market system of the United States. They say government intervention would be harmful, cost-of-livi- ng Editorial Board: Peter Behle, Marva Bickle, Shauna Bona, Lisa Carricaburu, Shia Kapos, Debbie E. Milne, John Youngren. Peter Behle Associate Editor Debbie Eldredge Milne Lisa Carricaburu News Editor Shia Kapos Editorial Editor Editor John Youngren Sports Marva Bickle City Editor Steve Griffin Photography Editor Copy Editor Dory Donner Asst. Editorial Editor Shauna Bona Asst. Sports Editor Mike Prater Editor-in-Chi- Vj yn 3 Asst. Extra Editor Reporters .... Photographer Business Manager Ad Representatives free still not solving the problem. Both sides have their faults. Some opponents are incorrect in thinking the plan is a communist plot to overthrow the free market system of the United States. Proponents on the other hand are at fault for thinking that comparable worth can be attained just with a court order. There are some questions that proponents need to answer: Who will decide what one job is worth corhpared to another job? Where will the money come to support the who in the previous question? Depending on the answers to these questions comparable worth in the United States can be attainable. The best answers? Labor and management should be mandating what workers should be paid. Government should be left out. When government steps in and starts regulating wages then opponents may be right in thinking that the free enterprise system is endangered. Instead of seeking a governmental law to enforce comparable pay, proponents should consider enforcing a law that would force private and public employers to award raises to women according to "pay equity." while Whatever the solution, "pay equity" is essential, especially for the increasing number of single-pareworkerswho are usually women. Statistics show that women on the average in the United States earn only 60 percent of what men make. That figure alone should tell opponents that there is a problem, and it needs to be solved. As the cliche goes, "admitting that there is a problem is the first step to solving it." And the leaders of the business and labor worlds must do just that. If no progress is made in the near future by private enterprise then the federal government will be forced to step in and try to solve the problem with legislation similar to the current confusing proposal. nt hard-to-defi- Fara Warner Loren Jorgensen Trudy Skogerboe Donn Walker Amy Page Drew Staffansen Dee Naquin Connie Watts Todd Crosland Robert McOmber Jill Aggeler Rick Chase Alan Overmoe ne Ad Representatives Accountant Classifieds Production Manager Production Assistants Typesetters Cartoonist Mary Safi Hausknecht John Kay Andersen Dawn Bacher Robb Welch ........Todd Randy Crosland Sheya Janice Austin Rodney Dallin Marianne Macfarlane Mark McCune TonyMarkham |